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The Garlic Ballads

First US edition (published by Viking Press)
Author	Mo Yan
Original title	天堂蒜薹之歌
Language	Chinese
Publication date	1988

The Garlic Ballads (Chinese: 天堂蒜薹之歌) is a 1988 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Mo Yan. When it was published in the 1980s it was banned in China. The book is about the 1987 garlic glut.

References

1. Bernstein, Richard. "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; A Rural Chinese 'Catch-22' You Can Almost Smell". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
2. "THE GARLIC BALLADS by Mo Yan | Kirkus Reviews". Retrieved 26 September 2018.

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